BERKELEY'S NEWS • SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
David Romps
City
SEPTEMBER 06, 2022
'We will continue to make future heat waves hotter': Berkeley blisters, burns in extreme heat wave
As an extreme heat wave swept over Berkeley, attention has been brought towards climate change and future natural disasters.
City
SEPTEMBER 06, 2022
'We will continue to make future heat waves hotter': Berkeley blisters, burns in extreme heat wave
As an extreme heat wave swept over Berkeley, attention has been brought towards climate change and future natural disasters.
Research & Ideas
AUGUST 16, 2022
UC Berkeley researchers find heat index greatly underestimates its values
An analysis paper by two UC Berkeley researchers found the heat index used by the National Weather Service, or NWS, as an approximate “feels-like” temperature can be extremely inaccurate for severe heat waves.
Research & Ideas
AUGUST 16, 2022
UC Berkeley researchers find heat index greatly underestimates its values
An analysis paper by two UC Berkeley researchers found the heat index used by the National Weather Service, or NWS, as an approximate “feels-like” temperature can be extremely inaccurate for severe heat waves.
UC
JANUARY 25, 2022
UC reduces emissions, critics say there is much more to be done
UC Berkeley environmental experts claim that there is more work to be done in order for the UC system to prove it's making an effort toward sustainability.
UC
JANUARY 25, 2022
UC reduces emissions, critics say there is much more to be done
UC Berkeley environmental experts claim that there is more work to be done in order for the UC system to prove it's making an effort toward sustainability.
City
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
CalPIRG hosts rally to push for global climate action
CalPIRG hosted a rally in front of Sproul Hall Wednesday to call on world leaders to take greater climate action.
City
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
CalPIRG hosts rally to push for global climate action
CalPIRG hosted a rally in front of Sproul Hall Wednesday to call on world leaders to take greater climate action.
Campus
OCTOBER 25, 2021
BASC denies guest lecturer, director David Romps resigns in protest
David Romps alleged that BASC faculty rejected his request to invite speaker Dorian Abbot because of Abbot’s social and political beliefs.
Campus
OCTOBER 25, 2021
BASC denies guest lecturer, director David Romps resigns in protest
David Romps alleged that BASC faculty rejected his request to invite speaker Dorian Abbot because of Abbot’s social and political beliefs.
State
APRIL 29, 2021
Berkeley leaders, organizations weigh in on reinstated US Environmental Protection Agency regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will move to reinstate California’s Clean Air Act waiver, which allows the state to set its own vehicle emissions standards.
State
APRIL 29, 2021
Berkeley leaders, organizations weigh in on reinstated US Environmental Protection Agency regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will move to reinstate California’s Clean Air Act waiver, which allows the state to set its own vehicle emissions standards.
Campus
APRIL 01, 2021
Speakers in clean transportation town hall talk climate change urgency, solution
On Thursday morning, the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, hosted a clean transportation town hall to discuss the urgency of climate change, current actions and solutions.
Campus
APRIL 01, 2021
Speakers in clean transportation town hall talk climate change urgency, solution
On Thursday morning, the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, hosted a clean transportation town hall to discuss the urgency of climate change, current actions and solutions.
Campus
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science creates climate science minor
The UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science, or EPS, approved the climate science minor, focusing on the basic physics and biogeochemistry of the Earth’s climate.
Campus
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science creates climate science minor
The UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science, or EPS, approved the climate science minor, focusing on the basic physics and biogeochemistry of the Earth’s climate.
Research & Ideas
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Melting Arctic sea ice may exacerbate future California droughts, researchers say
Melting Arctic sea ice could potentially lead to reduced rainfall in California and exacerbate the possibility and effects of severe drought, a new study found.
Research & Ideas
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Melting Arctic sea ice may exacerbate future California droughts, researchers say
Melting Arctic sea ice could potentially lead to reduced rainfall in California and exacerbate the possibility and effects of severe drought, a new study found.
Research & Ideas
JUNE 01, 2015
UC Berkeley researchers conduct supercomputer-assisted 3-D cloud imaging
David Romps, an assistant professor in the UC Berkeley Earth and Planetary Science department and part of a team that created a system to observe cloud behavior, visited the site of his research in Miami Thursday, after first installing the system there in 2012.
Research & Ideas
JUNE 01, 2015
UC Berkeley researchers conduct supercomputer-assisted 3-D cloud imaging
David Romps, an assistant professor in the UC Berkeley Earth and Planetary Science department and part of a team that created a system to observe cloud behavior, visited the site of his research in Miami Thursday, after first installing the system there in 2012.
